Nickie
Well-known member
Yesterday I finally got 'round to putting new strings on my mahogany Kala concert uke.
I'd had several kinds of Aquilas on it, and finally got fed up with the way they made my fingers hurt. I found a set of Oasis sitting around from who knows when or where.
So I set about trying to mount them in the 8 hole bridge. No way. They are TOO slippery!
So, getting madder by the minute, I stopped. I took it to my luthier, he took one look at the bridge, raised his eyebrows and said "Hmmmm". I said, "you do know how it works, no?"
He said, "of course, I've restrung hundreds of Classical guitars".
He couldn't do it either.
So he tied them off like a regular tie bridge, saying, "man, those things are slippery, did you put butter on them?"
After tuning and allowing them to stretch, I played it today, and wow.
My old uke has new life breathed into it. mmStan always swears by Oasis strings, and now I know why.
That uke has NEVER EVER sounded this good. I feel like I have a new uke.
My UAS is....
what UAS?
I'd had several kinds of Aquilas on it, and finally got fed up with the way they made my fingers hurt. I found a set of Oasis sitting around from who knows when or where.
So I set about trying to mount them in the 8 hole bridge. No way. They are TOO slippery!
So, getting madder by the minute, I stopped. I took it to my luthier, he took one look at the bridge, raised his eyebrows and said "Hmmmm". I said, "you do know how it works, no?"
He said, "of course, I've restrung hundreds of Classical guitars".
He couldn't do it either.
So he tied them off like a regular tie bridge, saying, "man, those things are slippery, did you put butter on them?"
After tuning and allowing them to stretch, I played it today, and wow.
My old uke has new life breathed into it. mmStan always swears by Oasis strings, and now I know why.
That uke has NEVER EVER sounded this good. I feel like I have a new uke.
My UAS is....
what UAS?